Patricia Catherine Smith ( born Patricia Catherine Smith ; born , ) is a Canadian rower who played for the Canadian rowing team in the 1970s and 1980s. Silver medalist at the Los Angeles Summer Olympics , multiple medalist at world championships, winner of many regattas of national and international importance. Also known as a sports functionary, vice president of the Canadian Olympic Committee and the International Rowing Federation , member of the International Olympic Committee .
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| Height | 178 cm |
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Biography
Tricia Smith was born on April 14, 1957 in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada . She was seriously engaged in swimming as a child, but at the age of 16 she went on to rowing and immediately began to show good results, in particular, she won the Canadian national championship five times in a row.
She made her debut at the adult international level in the 1976 season, when she became a member of the Canadian national team and thanks to a series of successful appearances, she won the right to defend the country's honor at the Montreal Home Summer Olympics . Together with her partner, Elizabeth Craig took fifth place in the program of female double oars without steering.
After the Montreal Olympics, Craig remained with Canada's rowing team and continued to take part in major international regattas. So, in 1977, she attended the World Championships in Amsterdam , from where she brought the bronze dignity award won in eights.
In 1978, in the same discipline, she again became a bronze medalist at the world championship in Karapiro .
At the 1979 World Cup in Bled, only fifth finished in eights.
It was considered as a candidate for participation in the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow , but Canada, along with several other Western countries, boycotted these competitions for political reasons.
In 1981, Smith in the wheelless deuces won a silver medal at the World Championships in Munich , skipping forward the crew from the GDR.
At the 1982 world championships in Lucerne, she received bronze in two-wheelless deuces.
In 1983, at the World Championships in Duisburg , she again became a bronze medalist in the standings of steering wheelless double crews.
Being among the leaders of the Canadian national team, it successfully passed the selection for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles . This time, in wheelless deuces paired with the same Elizabeth Craig, finished second behind the Romanian team and thereby won a silver Olympic medal.
At the 1985 World Championships in Hasevinkel, she added to the track record a bronze award received in oar steering fours.
In 1986, in the fours, she won bronze at the world championship in Nottingham and won the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.
At the 1987 World Championships in Copenhagen, in the steering wheelless deuces, she was only the eighth.
She represented the country at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul , where she took seventh place in the four-wheel steering program.
In 1985, Trisha Smith graduated from the Law School of the University of British Columbia and, after completing her sports career, worked as a practicing lawyer. In subsequent years, she proved herself to be a sports functionary, held the position of vice president of the International Rowing Federation , and was president of the Olympic Committee of Canada [1] [2] . In 2016, she was elected a member of the International Olympic Committee [3] .
For her great contribution to the development of sports she was awarded the Order of Canada (2010) [4] and the Order of British Columbia (2012) [5] .
Notes
- ↑ FISA Congress elects successor to President Denis Oswald . FISA (September 2, 2013). Date of treatment September 2, 2013.
- ↑ Tricia Smith elected to lead Team Canada as president . Olympic.ca . Date of treatment November 24, 2015.
- ↑ Duncan Mackay. New IOC members headed by Colombian banker, South African film producer and Indian businesswoman as Infantino and Coe told to wait . Inside the Games (3 June 2016). Date of treatment June 4, 2016.
- ↑ Order of Canada citation .
- ↑ 14 TO RECEIVE 2012 ORDER OF BRITISH COLUMBIA . Archived on July 29, 2012.
Links
- Trisha Smith - Olympic stats on Sports-Reference.com
- Trisha Smith - profile on the FISA website
- Trisha Smith (English) - page on the website of the International Olympic Committee